Experiential retailer of make-your-own stuffed animals, stores and franchises
Build-A-Bear Workshop runs a global footprint of company-owned and franchised stores where guests build customized plush toys. Its back office runs on Microsoft Dynamics 365, BlackLine and UKG, with an Azure-centric data layer (Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks) plus Power BI, Tableau and Looker. Current hiring is accelerating and skews toward store sales and operations, while corporate posts point to PMO process redesign and an enterprise compliance program.
Notable leadership hires: Sales Lead
Build-A-Bear Workshop is a publicly traded experiential retailer founded in 1997 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Guests visit its stores to make and customize stuffed animals. The company operates roughly 650 locations, with company-owned stores in the United States, Canada, Ireland, the United Kingdom, France, Italy and Colombia, and franchise stores across Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Mexico, the Middle East and China. It employs between 5,001 and 10,000 people, and current recruiting is focused on the United States.
Build-A-Bear uses Microsoft Dynamics 365, Salesforce, BlackLine, UKG Pro, Jira and Smartsheet, with Azure, AWS, SQL Server, Databricks, Synapse and Azure Data Factory, plus Power BI, Tableau and Looker for reporting.
Yes. Hiring is accelerating across the United States and centers on sales and store operations roles, with smaller openings in finance, HR, marketing, product and data.
Build-A-Bear Workshop is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. It was founded there in 1997 and operates about 650 stores worldwide.
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